The 9th Internationales AdV Avusrennen was a Formula Two motor race held on 12 July 1953 at the AVUS circuit. The race was run over 25 laps of the circuit, and was won by Belgian driver Jacques Swaters in a Ferrari 500. Hans Klenk in a Veritas Meteor finished second and Theo Helfrich in another Veritas was third and set fastest lap.
Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Position 1 18 Jacques Swaters Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 1:05:03.3, 189.27 kph 2 30 Hans Klenk Hans Klenk Veritas Meteor +2:42.5 3 24 Theo Helfrich Theo Helfrich Veritas RS-BMW 328 +2:55.9 4 21 Hans Herrmann Hans Herrmann Veritas RS-BMW 328 +1 lap 5 16 Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23-Bristol +1 lap 6 10 Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap 7 31 Ernst Klodwig Ernst Klodwig Eigenbau-BMW 328 +1 lap NC 29 Ernst Lautenschlager Ernst Lautenschlager Krakau Special-BMW 328 +4 laps NC 15 Maurice Monnier Maurice Monnier Monnier Special-BMW 328 +4 laps Ret. 34 Kurt Adolff Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 500 20 laps, accident Ret. 26 Oswald Karch Oswald Karch Veritas RS-BMW 328 18 laps Ret. 17 B. Bira Prince Birabongse Maserati A6GCM 15 laps Ret. 23 Willi Heeks Willi Heeks Veritas Meteor 10 laps Ret. 32 Karl-Günther Bechem Karl-Günther Bechem AFM-BMW 328 8 laps Ret. 20 Giovanni de Riu Giovanni de Riu Maserati 4CLT/48 5 laps Ret. 11 Alan Brown Equipe Anglaise Cooper T23-Bristol 2 laps, accident Ret. 22 Wolfgang Seidel Wolfgang Seidel Veritas RS-BMW 328 2 laps Ret. 35 Edgar Barth EMW Rennkollektiv EMW-BMW 328 1 lap, clutch Ret. 37 Kurt Straubel Kurt Straubel Eigenbau BMW-BMW 328 0 laps Ret. 38 Heinz Melkus Heinz Melkus Veritas RS-Alfa Romeo 0 laps Ret. 40 Arthur Rosenhammer EMW Rennkollektiv EMW-BMW 328 0 laps Ret. 14 Paul Delebarre Paul Delebarre Delebarre Simca Speciale-BMW 328 0 laps Ret. 33 Adolf Lang Adolf Lang Veritas RS-BMW 328 0 laps Ret. 36 Rudolf Krause Dora Greifzu Greifzu-BMW 328 0 laps
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